What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?
Summary
TechCrunch's Equity podcast discusses the phenomenon of companies overly relying on AI to replace jobs, citing examples like ClickUp's layoffs for AI agents and rising DuckDuckGo usage due to AI-forced search, with comments from Box CEO Aaron Levie on 'AI psychosis'.
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